"Starry Sky People?" Hao Ren hadn't expected Muru to suddenly bring up this mysterious race. "Do you think they're connected to the mastermind behind the Godslaying Incident?"
Muru shook his head. "That's not what I meant. You know that our understanding of the Starry Sky People is extremely limited as well. Under these circumstances, we can't rashly claim that they had any significant connection to what happened back then. I simply thought of a few things because of the term 'Echo Wall.' You should remember that we once said all our investigations into the Starry Sky People had ended in failure. Among the little information we had, there was one sentence: The Starry Sky People came from the depths of the universe, and the places where they lived were haunted by the Sound of Darkness."
Hao Ren blinked, quickly recalling the sentence as well. He had heard it the last time he asked Lemendusa about the Starry Sky People. The race that had left behind those words had vanished with the passage of time, but they were the only species that had known anything about the Starry Sky People. That sentence was practically the only clue concerning those ancient energy life-forms. The phrase "Sound of Darkness" had left a deep impression on Hao Ren.
"Sound of Darkness, whispers, Echo Wall—are these merely coincidences?" Muru lowered his head and stared at Hao Ren. "Putting these terms together inevitably makes one think of some hidden connection. According to you, the Godslaying Sword came from a fragment of our universe, and it was a fragment from tens of millions of years ago. Back then, even we Guardians had yet to be born, yet some powerful being had already forged this sword and imbued it with the power of the Echo Wall, allowing it